Velichkov Knoll

Velichkov Knoll (Bulgarian: Величкова могила, ‘Velichkova Mogila’ \ve-'lich-ko-va mo-'gi-la\) is the peak rising to 970 m east of Sabine Glacier and west of Andrew Glacier on Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 6.55 km east-southeast of Bankya Peak, 5.25 km northeast of Sredorek Peak and 6.3 km southwest of Nikyup Point.

Location of Davis Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian pioneer of aviation Stoyan Velichkov (1871-1966)[1] who constructed the first air-dropped bomb ‘Velichka’ used in the First Balkan War in 1912.

Location

Velichkov Knoll is located at 63°53′41″S 59°45′27″W. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map
  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

Notes
  1. Eternal Calendar of the Bulgarians 2003. Tangra TanNakRa All Bulgarian Foundation, 2002. p. 10.

References


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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